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Best practices for organizing a green seminar

Written by Julia
06 Mar. 2025
Best practices for organizing a green seminar

The benefits of naturalness for your teams!

Whatever the type of event, choose a venue that reflects your personality and values. Here's how, Slow Village can offer you a choice of natural destinations, enabling you to hold your seminars in the great outdoors.

Why hold a corporate seminar at an eco-labeled venue?

Our Slow Villages are involved in a labeling process, and four of our destinations have already been awarded European Ecolabel certification. These include Biscarrosse and Saint-Martin-de-Ré, equipped to welcome up to 400 people in optimal conditions. These certified establishments embody our commitment to environmentally-friendly services and infrastructures, while offering a quality experience. This label testifies to our respect for the environment and our transparency, ensuring that our customers enjoy an authentic and responsible experience.

The European Ecolabel is a tool for measuring our commitment to the environment. Certification enables groups such as Slow Village to be recognized at European level as environmentally friendly.

The impact on the environment is still very visible, which is why it seems essential to choose places that encourage sustainable tourism.

Come and discover our green seminar proposals! When you choose Slow Village, you also choose our sustainable positioning.

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10 best practices from a European Ecolabel-certified venue for a more responsible event

 

  • Managing and reducing your carbon footprint
  • Use of local and sustainable products
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Waste management and reduction
  • Use of products and materials that are non-toxic for the planet
  • Reduced energy and water consumption
  • Promoting ecological initiatives
  • Promoting outdoor activities
  • Commitment to trusted partners
  • Reflects our values and yours too

Eco-positioning and commitment

It's important to take the environmental dimension into account and to adopt the right sustainable development gestures.

At Slow Village, this concern is at the forefront. We are eco-positioned, integrating ecological practices and values into our services to minimize our impact. Protecting local biodiversity and plant and animal species is an important part of this eco-positioning.

Our ongoing CSR approach integrates the social and economic challenges of our business activities. It also includes transparent relations and active listening to our stakeholders. The impact of our commitments is also visible on our company, strengthening its long-term competitiveness.

 

Modern seminar facilities

To organize a successful seminar, it's ideal to strike a balance between natural surroundings and modern, high-performance technology.

At Slow Village, we offer that perfect balance!

We have a large outdoor area, ideal for setting up a tent and welcoming your participants. Depending on the establishment, we can also provide you with equipment adapted to your needs.

Here's what we have to offer you for a headache-free seminar:

 

  • Projectors
  • Microphones
  • High-definition speakers
  • Mixers
  • High-speed Wi-Fi connection
  • Projection screens
  • Sound systems adapted to room size
  • Mood and technical lighting
  • Workstations and office equipment

We make sure that everything is accessible and easy to use, so that you have a pleasant and productive time!

Local and sustainable catering!

During our seminars, Slow Village offers local and sustainable catering for your events. Our commitment is to offer you a unique culinary approach, with a focus on tasty, home-cooked cuisine, using locally-grown, seasonal produce. At Slow Village, you'll enjoy a culinary experience with authentic flavors and a strong environmental impact.

Discover local markets and emblematic restaurants.

 

Our nature activities for a seminar

Our villages, nestled inexceptional locations in the heart of nature, offer a multitude oflocal and sustainable activities. Whether in the heart of a soothing forest or just a stone's throw from the ocean, take advantage of your moments of freedom to recharge your batteries and organize activities in our Slow Villages.

We offer tailor-made activities in harmony with nature, such as :

 

  • Hiking
  • Observation of flora and fauna
  • Swimming
  • Bike rides
  • Nature discovery workshops
  • Freshwater fishing
  • Discover the surrounding villages
  • Outdoor yoga

This emphasizes the diversity of our activities, while keeping them simple and attractive.

The advantages of a seminar in the heart of nature

According to studies by the University of Queensland and Harvardthe latter agree on the importance of offering professional events as close to nature as possible. These studies show that exposure to natural environments can reduce levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, and promote a general sense of well-being. Green spaces encourage community interaction that strengthens social support, and nature encourages us to get closer together and to be more curious and creative.

What's more, being away from the workplace encourages openness to discussion and strengthens bonds with team members in a non-professional setting. After this nature getaway, you'll see animprovement in concentration, commitment and, above all, boosted morale!

At Slow Village, we help you design events that reflect your personality and ensure your team's well-being.

So why not you?

At Slow Village, we welcome you to events that are like you and that bring you together. If you care about the environment and the well-being of your team, you can start planning your events now.

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